Maine at Gettysburg [electronic resource] . block forms the plinth which has chiseled borders and top;on this rests the massive die, nearly cubical in form, with a pointed apex. Admeasurements: Base, four stones, five feet by five feet by two feet;plinth, four feet nine inches by four feet nine inches by one foot seven inches;die, three feet six inches by three feet six inches by four feet six height, eight feet one inch. Upon one side of the die a panel is sunk, from a polished surface, leavingin relief the following legend:— The 20th Maine Regt, 3d Brig. 1st Div. 5th Corps, Colo
Maine at Gettysburg [electronic resource] . block forms the plinth which has chiseled borders and top;on this rests the massive die, nearly cubical in form, with a pointed apex. Admeasurements: Base, four stones, five feet by five feet by two feet;plinth, four feet nine inches by four feet nine inches by one foot seven inches;die, three feet six inches by three feet six inches by four feet six height, eight feet one inch. Upon one side of the die a panel is sunk, from a polished surface, leavingin relief the following legend:— The 20th Maine Regt, 3d Brig. 1st Div. 5th Corps, Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain, captured and held this position on the evening of July 2d 1863, pursuing the enemy from its front on the line marked by its monument below The regt lost in the battle 130 killed and wounded out of 358 engaged. This monument marks the extreme left of the union line during the battle of THE 3D DAY There is by the monument here a wall of stone hastily thrown up fordefenses by the regiment on the night of July TWENTIETH REGIMENT DIAGRAM. 251 -&7~- c ~ — t* ^--riv^r^ cj ---.^^^^^ vv%$£$/^ ^S^ig Round Top ,*
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